Iker Casillas, spoke to the press after taking part in a promotional event this morning. Iker Casillas about his Ballon dOr vote went to: My first vote went to Cristiano. You’ll have to wait until January for the rest. It gets tiring being asked who you’ve voted for. I think he deserves it and that he is having a spectacular year. It would surprise me if he doesn’t win it. It is a vote and everyone has their own criteria: titles, how players play ... Ive gone for a player that scored more than 90 goals in 80 matches; it is an outrageous record. Iker Casillas: I voted the other day and the federation already sent it off. I will not change my vote. They were big matches to decide World Cup places inside and outside Europe. There were players who had a lot to play for. I don’t look at it as a bad thing. I think is prestigious and always has been. It can be more or less fair but it is a vote and you have to trust the results and the people involved. Iker Casillas about Blatter’s comments: In this case, the FIFA president was unfortunate. If that video had not been released it would have stayed as just an anecdote. But this is football. There’s no need to focus on the negatives. Everyone makes mistakes. People have to recognise when they make mistakes and I think he apologised. I think that is that. What Ronaldo did brilliantly was to do his talking on the field and when a player does his talking out on the field it brings its rewards and hopefully he will get his. We will all be happy because we, Real Madrid, will have contributed towards winning the Ballon d’Or. Iker Casillas was asked if the Real Madrid forward will go to the gala in Zurich: I have not spoken with Cristiano about whether or not he’ll be going. He is a great player and will make his own decision. I know what I would do. He is a great player and a great person and he knows what he ought to do. If they allow votes from some journalists in a vote amongst captains and coaches, who should be those that know the most about football in theory, then they have to allow all journalists to vote. If journalists get votes then it should be them all, not just a few. Iker Casillas about his current situation at Real Madrid and the teams first choice goalkeeper: I am not thinking about the World Cup right now. I am thinking about doing things right with my club now and training more and working hard to be available for the coach when he needs me. We have done what we needed to do with Spain, we qualified for the World Cup and now I am working to keep doing well at Real Madrid, and if you do well the coach will see that and you’ll get named in the list of 23. I am fighting to be first choice. You can’t give up, you have to keeping fight. Make more sacrifices to get to play in every match. It is the coachs decision and what I have to do is train and fight for that position, the same as my teammates do. Iker Casillas about his future: I don’t think that I gave an ultimatum. Every time I talk it is taken out of context. Im delighted to be here. I want to stay here and finish my career here. If I do not play then I will say that I am sad because I am not playing. What I want is to help the team win as many titles as possible and be available for the coach, Iker Casillas about the similarity of what he is experiencing this season to what Caesar experienced last season: We have a schedule where the Champions League is the focus. There are four matches that I will be playing in before the end of the year and Im delighted. The situation eleven years ago is not the same as now; Im a more veteran player now. Every situation helps you in some way. Eleven years ago it helped me to mature and I am learning from this situation. Iker Casillas about the Upcoming match against Almeria : It is not the first time that it has happened. Luckily, Real Madrid players play a key role for their countries, but it is something that gets in the way of the coaches’ plans for the next match. Almeria have one or two internationals players and have had two weeks to prepare for this important match. It is not an excuse. We are used to playing on Wednesday and Saturday and we are going there to get three points and close the gap with those above us. Iker Casillas about Casemiro: In the pre-season, because of injuries to teammates, I think he made the most of his chances. In fact the press and his teammates saw that he was doing well. Then, with Illarra coming here and Xabi Alonso returning, he may have had fewer opportunities. He is an enthusiastic young lad who trains well. He has a good chance because of Sami’s misfortune and we all have to help him. I know that he will contribute and help the team over the coming months. Iker Casillas about the players missing for this match: We think about ourselves as a club. They are two important absences, especially Sami, which is a long-term injury. We all know that these matches can take their toll. There was a lot to play for in Coentrão’s case, but in a friendly like Germany were playing it does make you more annoyed. We have a good enough squad to make up for the losses and the coach will decide who plays where. We hope that they both recover as soon as possible. Iker Casillas about Mourinho: Working with Mourinho was a pleasure for me. We had some very good results over those three years. We won a Copa del Rey, which we hadn’t done for a long time, and a La Liga title that we dominated. Ill take away the good things and I said that three months ago. I have no problem with him. What we had to say, we said it face-to-face.
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